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Optical spectra beyond the amplifier bandwidth limitation in dispersion-managed mode-locked fiber lasers

Jose M. Soto-crespoSouad ChouliPhilippe Grelu

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Multi-mode optical fiberMaterials sciencebusiness.industrySingle-mode optical fiberPhysics::OpticsPolarization-maintaining optical fiberGraded-index fiberAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsOpticsDouble-clad fiberDispersion-shifted fiberbusinessSelf-phase modulationBandwidth-limited pulse

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We investigate the intracavity pulse dynamics inside dispersionmanaged mode-locked fiber lasers, and show numerically that for a relatively wide range of parameters, pulse compression dynamics in the passive anomalous fiber can be accompanied by a significant enhancement of the spectral width by a factor close to 3. Varying the average cavity dispersion also reveals chaotic dynamics for certain dispersion ranges. The impact of the implementation of an optical output port to tap optimal pulse features is discussed. © 2011 Optical Society of America.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2011-01-01Optics Express 19: 2959-2964 (2011)
10.1364/oe.19.002959http://hdl.handle.net/10261/63560